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is it THAT hard to put it out well and then toss it in a garbage can.


I love it when smokers throw their butt on the ground and leave it smoking--their break may be over, but their cigarette keeps the party going for any passive smokers who might be in the area... thoughtful.

It's sad, but I was just relieved to find out that I can still take Oscar to our local smoking cutre-bars, tapas joints and cafes (kids can go to all smoking places, but can't hang out in the smoking section set aside in a bigger restaurant/bar). Not that I want to pollute his lungs too much (too late for me, my mom smoked kool--yes kool--cigarettes throughout my entire childhood) but the kid would never get to eat the best churros in our 'hood if it weren't from a smoking place...
 
Posts: 1064 | Location: Madrid | Registered: 10 December 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I read the new law closer today and as always the Spanish government has stifled themselves and made this new law with no teeth as they made it totally conditional and are giving people more than 6 months to fix up their places and comply.

I hope that this does not just stir the waters and create more conflicts between the self centered smokers who are thoughtlessly harming more than just themselves and the non-smokers who are just trying to defend themselves.

We shall see what will happens.


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It's no so much that smokers take too many breaks, it's that others take too few. Working non-stop hour after hour is not healthy especially since most people work in sedentary jobs.

People need to get up every now and then (every hour or so) go outside, walk around, breathe some air, and then go back to work. That way people's minds stay sharper and are less fatigued thus leading to fewer errors that reduce the efficiency of the company and the happiness of the worker.

So don't take away the smoker's breaks otherwise those of us who take breaks for other reasons may be punished too.

- Roland
 
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oh, and by the way, not only do smokers kill non-smokers with their nasty habbits but now it would seem they are litterers as well.

you should see the cig. buts thrown out on the sidewalks today


hopefully this will be the next law. banning the Spanish not to throw whatever rubbish (or dog poo)is in their hands onto the floor!
 
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I'd could live with the cig butts if they'd do a way with the dog poo. Accidentally stepping on a cigarette butt is no big deal, but dog poo.... yuck
 
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hi all,

i recently read an article in the nytimes op/ed in which a spaniard voices his outrage at the government's imposing itself on the citizens of spain via this new smoking law/ban. I don't have the link, but anyone who is interested might want to investigate.

saludos,

kevin
 
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well, i am outraged at the government too... for taking so long to ban smoking die laughing

saludos,
jer...


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